Car-ticket holder.



A. E. HINDLE.

CAR TICKET HOLDER.

APPLIGATION IILIID JULY 8, 1910.

1,001 ,402. Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

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UNITED b TATES UEFTCE.

ALFRED EDWARD HINDLE, OF GRAND VIEW, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

CAR-TICKET HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

Application filed July 8, 1910. Serial No. 571,056.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED llnwxnn HINnLn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Grand View. Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful. Improvements in Car-'licket Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to car ticket holders and particularly to one designed for the reception of a reel of tickets, the device being designed for attachment to the belt of the conductor and constructed so that he can readily remove the desired number of tickets when purchased.

In the drawing, forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views :Figure 1 is a detail longitudinal section through my improved ticket holder. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the holder. Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 4 is a detail section taken on the line l--l of Fig. 3.

The holder consists of a receptacle 1 of substantially cylindrical form being preterably provided with a fixed side portion 2 and a removable side portion 3 which latter is of substantially disk form and it has socured thereto a hollow sleeve 4 which is revolubly mounted on the spindle 5 which extends from the fixed side wall 2. The spindle is threaded at one end, as shown at (S, to receive a retaining or clamping nut 7. The annular wall 8 of the receptacle is noncontinuous, and as illustrated, the portion 9 extends outwardly and forwardly to overlie the upwardly curved and outwardly extending portion 10, being spaced therefrom by the slot 11.

As illustrated, the sleeve on the removable and revolubly mounted disk 8 of the receptacle is removably secured to a split sleeve 12 of spring material. This sleeve acts as a retaining or clamping element to clamp the innermost ticket of the reel A to the sleeve 4 to cause the reel of tickets to rotate with the said disk-like side of the receptacle. The free or outermost terminal of the reel of tickets is extended through the slot 11 which separates the terminal of the wall 8. The portion 10 of the wall 8 has its forward end extended beyond the forward extremity of the part 9 of such Wall 8, and as shown, the

gripping element '13 of a spring '14- yieldingly holds the free terminal of the tickets against such forward extension of the part 1.0. The spring employed is of SllbSliHltially bail form having its side arms 15 coiled about the retaining pin 1(3 on the receptacle. The terminals of the arms 15 are forl'ned to provide stops 1.7 which engage the receptacle so as to hold the part 13 under tension. The part 5) of the wall 8 is formed to provide a thlimb-receiving slot 18 which overlies the exposed ticket.

From this construction it will be seen that when the conductor desires to withdraw the tickets he may by aid of the thumb exert the desired pressure against the exposed ticket to cause the same to advance or to be moved 'lorward against the tension of the spring 15"), the spring 13 being employed principally for the purpose of holding the free terminal of the tickets operatively as sociated with the part 10 of the wall 8 and to loear sufficiently against the tickets to prevent their unwinding. The forward edge of the part 8 is sharpened to a slight extent so as to act as a cutting knife to el'l'eetivoly sever the tickets.

A supporting element of hook form is shown at 19 and such element may be engaged with the belt of the wearer oil the de vice or with any other of such wearing apparel as may be found most convenient for the attaching of such device.

The )in 16 is located immediately beneath the wall 8 and adjacent to the inner end of the thunib-receiving passage therein and it engages the tape as shown in Fig. 1 so as to hold the discharge end thereof operatively arranged immediately beneath the said thumb receiving slot. The spring hereinbefore described besides operating as means for assisting in the action of the pin for holding the discharge end of the tape operatively associated beneath the thumbreceiving opening also operates to exert sufficient pressure against the tape to permit a portion of the same to be accurately coiled.

I claim:

A holder for merchandise of roll tape form comprising a receptacle having a stud formed on one side and extending into the receptacle, a disk at the opposite side of the receptacle revolubly mounted on the stud and supporting the merchandise, the said receptacle having spaced forwardly extending walls providing a discharge slot for the merchandise, one of the Walls being extended beyond the other wall and the other Wall being formed with a horizontally disoperatively associated beneath the said secand named slot, and a spring supported wholly by the said pin and having a free outer portion bearing directly against one of the said forwardly extending Walls so as to hold the tape yieldingly thereagainst and. to prevent its disengagement from the pin. In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED ElTWARD HINDLE. /Vitnesses:

HENRY J. VVA'rsoN, EDWARD W. WISE.

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